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Fans fill stands in Moore for 1st football game after tornado

Tornado tested Moore in May, but people say it's taught them and the player rebuilding is done as a team.

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Updated: 10:39 PM CDT Sep 5, 2013

Fans fill stands in Moore for 1st football game after tornado

Tornado tested Moore in May, but people say it's taught them and the player rebuilding is done as a team.

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WEBVTT MOORE. BUT TONIGHT, THE COMUNITY, IS TAKING A STEP TOWARDS NORMALCY. FOOTBALL SEASON KICKED OFF TONIGHT AT SOUTH MOORE. KOCO'S PATTI MOON IS LIVE. PATTI, THE GAME JUST WRAPPED UP. THE STORM-REM PAUL...SOUTHMOOR E HIGH SCHOOL BEAT CARL ALBERT 37 TO 14. THE SABERCATS HAVE SO MUCH TO LOOK FORWARD TO THIS SEASON... ESPECIALLY BECAUSE THEY HAVE A COMMUNITY THAT LOVES THEM AND FILLS THE STANDS FOR EVERY GAME. THE STORM-PKG TAKE PKG: NATS...Drums... Cheerleaders...Clip 18 31:15 We say Saber, you say cats, Saber, cats, saber, cats... Clip 924:09: I have my son, Dunya Rice, he's number one. AND MOM...SHAY...IS HIS NUMBER ONE FAN. Clip 924:16: We just got his name on there. EVERY FAMILY HERE ON THE STANDS SHARES AN EXPERIENCE. MAY 20TH TESTED THIS COMMUNITY ...BUT THEY SAY IT'S TAUGHT THEM AND THEIR PLAYERS THAT REBUILDING IS ONLY POSSIBLE WITH A TEAM. Clip 925:14: I'm really excited about that and feel like people are really pitching in to try and get things back to normal for us. 19 NORMAL IS A STADIUM FILLED WITH EXCITED FANS AND PLAYERS... LIKE DUNYA CHASING AFTER HIS DREAMS. Clip 924:34: As you can see, they start screaming. NATS...FANS Cheering ... Clip 1528:18: This is a sense of normalcy for us to see all these people here and just back cheering again. SOUTHMOORE'S BAND DIRECTOR SAYS HE'S TALKED TO DOZENS OF STUDENTS WHO LOST THEIR HOMES...AND HE CAN RELATE. Clip 1530:04: I went through the 99 tornado. My house was blown away, so I've had a little experience with that. This community as strong as it is, there was no doubt we were coming back. AND AFTER JUST A FEW MONTHS...HE SAYS THEIR WINNING SPIRIT IS DEFINITELY BACK. Clip 1529:54: Best season we've ever had. It is right here, so we are really looking forward to it. Clip 926:26: Oh, we're going to go all the way. No doubt. Hahaha. THE STORM-REM-TAG THERE WERE TRULY SOME INCREDIBLE FANS OUT HERE TONIGHT. NOW...SOUTHMOOR E IS GOING TO PLAY ANOTHER BIG GAME NEXT WEEK. THEY'RE TAKING ON WESTMOORE HIGH SCHOOL RIGHT HERE AT THIS STADIUM ON FRIDAY NIGHT. RL, PM, KOCO 5 NEWS. SOTVO STILL AHEAD. TAKING A GLANCE

Fans fill stands in Moore for 1st football game after tornado

Tornado tested Moore in May, but people say it's taught them and the player rebuilding is done as a team.